Poison-warning bottle.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

T. NEWMAN. POISON WARNING BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. l0, 1907.

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TUBY NEWMAN, Ol" LUS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

POISON-WARNING BOTTLE.

To all iii/mm it may concern: y

Bc it known that l., l'ov NEWMAN, :i cilizen ol' the linited Suites, residing it Los Angeles, in the county ol' Los Angeles und Stato olA Californie, have invented it new :ind useful l,oisoii-\'Viii'iiiiig Bottle., oli which the following is :t specification.

An object ol' the invention is to provide nii-:zins to insure :igiiinst accidentel poisoning through the inadvertent use ol` the liiiriiil'ul contents ol :i poison-oontiiiiiing bottle instead olA the lnirn'iless contents ol1 sonic other hottie.

By this inven ti on provision is in ade for giv ing warning in the d zirk es weil iis in the light, of the dangerouscharacter of the contents of the hottie, and :ilse to provide in connection therewith ii convenient seal and warning which will further insure against the nccidenm tiil use ol the dangerous contents oi' the hottie.

'lhe invention nifty he viii'ili'ausiy applied, .finti l shell illustrate the sinne in sonic of the :foi-nis l .fit present deeiii inost desirzihie.

The :icconipitnying drawings iiiustriite the invention.

Figure 1 is ai view oi' it bottle ein?l this invention in one ol its tlc ippeitrs when settled. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ol the sinne. Fig. 3 is it plan of the sii-ine.. Fig. 4 is it cross-section olan- )dying 'l'ornis the hototlier forni in which the invention iniiy he iip lied. Fig. 5 is :i view partly iii longitudinai section, showing :inother l'orin in which the invention niiiy hev applied. Fig. G shows finother forni of hottie hody adopted i'or cin'- ryingont iny invention. Fig. 'r shows forni in which o'piidlock univ he used for i'urtlier security.

lhe bottle. provided on its body neck 2 with i'iidiitl prick i sind points which .nuiy

he i'o'rined in vin'ious ways, `the extremities thereof heilig .sufliciently shiirp to gi prickingsensiii ion to zi, the. Ylingers when grasped ioi' the purpose ol' pouring out the contents. The stoiiper 4iis provided with ii pivot-pin 5 to which is :ittziched one or more sen-l wires (5 iidzipted to he brought down into engagement with one oi' niore of the prick points when thc stopper is in place, andto be wound cround the bottle and passed through e loop Aor eye 7. By fastening the Seel wires pivotally to the stopper, they can be swung around to any position and brought into place behind an of the prick points, and When the ends o the Wires :ire secured they Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 10, 1907.

Patented June 2. i998. Seria No. 367,432.

i l l l i i i l l .l i l i l i i i i eil'ectualiy prevent the occidental iviiihm drziwiil oi' the stopper. in ease the ends of the wires :ire not fastened, they stili serve :i warning, by touch, oi the unusual contents oi' the bottle whenever anyone inight etteinpt to reinove the stopper. l

Each viel .nifty in .fiddition to the pr' R pi'iints, he provided with thewi'nd Poison incide-d or blown into or on the hottie, the sinne being in rinsed letters s. t* designates it plane space for the nenie izihel ci" the d gist, chemist, or other persen issuing 'the poison. The prick oints may in seine nl stances he formed o' the gloss of the hottie, or o'i" pieces of wire {iX-ed in the hed viel which may he of glass, wood or ot suitable niiitei'iol; or, in other instances t prick points niziy he formed on n. sheath it' into which the vial may he inserted so the sheath and the viel hecoine practico single bottle, the outside of which is previo eo with prick points, shown in Fig. 5. Th different i'oiins ci prick piizints or sh p spikes are ind ieiited in the di'lierent views by the character 3 with :ind without exponenis.

In practice, 'the Stoppers find bottles nifty he furnish-ed se ieretciy to the chemist or spothcciiry, when it is desired to pense n ioisonons substance, the saine will. vhe placed in the bottle, ind the stopoer wiil then he inserted sind the wire 1ofoug it into fastening position and secured hy threading the tree end ofthe Wire through the scaling loop or eye and there bentto retain it. This prevents iiccideiitnl .vithdriiwel of the stop` per. The proposed user of contents of the 'viiil will invzirizihly he warned oi the unusual character oi the contents 'by the prickly' terior oi the vial or hottie.

it' the use of the pricldfv bottle niede universiil, iis by compulsion of law, it will hecoine metter or general knowledge that prickly bottles contain poison, and in that wey the ect zi. certain notification th itt the contents ci the hottie are dangerous. the prick points will impress, sense of touch, the that wey will immediately pnt 'upon guard anyone so coming in contact with the hottie even. though he he o uit of ti'ieiect that bottles thus constructed are intended for dangerous contents.

In the drawing, Si and 8f forms of rick-points or s used, the roi-m 31 beingnuic through the I indicate ytvfo lires that may be ot Wne.- and 'tne idea oi' danger, and in forni 3g heilig made hy howling out points l cui from tho mobil olftlu sheath l0. 'lho l shozilh may iw pioviilml with sirops ll uml 1;. :mil n. small millock lil ('oiilivi'lv'il lhorvl with to l'astvii'tlw mimo whvii hi'ough over i hi lop of thu soppei. lo thi way the. hotlh` may he Securely lo -l ml, f

lll" iii Fig, 7 imlivzitvs n shmilh 1ovinlcd` wih ho straps ll nml l2, :unl a so with 'mzlmim'r: i4 :imi l5 oy whivh lha sheath may imam-111ml iii pluiv.

What l s'vluim is'f- 1. poison botthl provided with outwzmily-projecting prick points, :L Stopper,

mul a wir@ fasfmiefl so the. stoppin and adapt ml to engage tho prick points. 2. A hot'lc provided with points, :L stoppe-1f in thu hottie, stoppin', am stopper and fuhiptml lo engage omo1' xiioi'o of the prick points.

11i testimony whviool', IY huw hoimmto svt my hund nl., lios Angolo California, this 1st (luy of April i507.

0X terior pi'iil; :L pivot 1n the a wire pivotal thm'vhy to the' 

